Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
145,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,184 kr
Communal tax
- 28,366 kr
Church tax
- 856 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 46,542 kr
Net pay
* 98,958 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.7%
Average tax rate
32.0%
68.0%
Net pay
32.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
98,958 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
46,542 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
60,463 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 145,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.16 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32% tax rate now rises to 37.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 145,500 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 46,542 kr. That means that your net pay will be 98,958 kr per year, or 8,247 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.0% and your marginal tax rate is 31.7%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 kr in your salary will be taxed 31.67 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.33 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 683 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,417 kr of net incomes.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 137843
5.3%
1
Thailand
DKK 131610
9.6%
2
Taiwan
DKK 131523
9.6%
3
Australia
DKK 130827
10.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 124008
14.8%
5
New Zealand
DKK 122105
16.1%
6
Pakistan
DKK 121434
16.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 119584
17.8%
8
Malaysia
DKK 118784
18.4%
9
Japan
DKK 116405
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 116021
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 115607
20.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 113380
22.1%
13
Vietnam
DKK 108466
25.5%
14
China
DKK 102534
29.5%
15
India
DKK 98863
32.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 131549
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 130147
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 130137
10.6%
3
Ecuador
DKK 127471
12.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 124777
14.2%
5
Panama
DKK 121637
16.4%
6
Chile
DKK 117825
19.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 115721
20.5%
8
Peru
DKK 112058
23.0%
9
Brazil
DKK 109421
24.8%
10
Uruguay
DKK 107141
26.4%
11
Argentina
DKK 94526
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 119775
17.7%
1
Mozambique
DKK 108623
25.4%
2
Angola
DKK 107065
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 105399
27.6%
4
Morocco
DKK 103974
28.5%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 103354
29.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 103234
29.1%
7
Nigeria
DKK 99840
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 97219
33.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 96634
33.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 95063
34.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 91528
37.1%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aarhus tables of Denmark, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.